Market Infrastructure

Capital / Liquidity

When FRTB Meets the Real World

By Peter Guy | 14/05/2018

The Fundamental Review of the Trading Book was supposed to redefine how banks collectively manage risks. Yet, risk can still be a ‘ghost in the machine’.

AML / KYC

CPMI Releases Strategy for Reducing Wholesale Payments Fraud

By JP Reimann | 09/05/2018

Central banks urge stakeholders to pursue adoption of common strategy to improve security of wholesale payments; will monitor progress to determine the need for further action.

Securities / Derivatives

SEBI Extends Trading Hours for Equity Derivatives

By Manesh Samtani | 09/05/2018

The move will align trading hours of equity derivatives with commodity derivatives, effective 1 October, when individual Indian exchanges are also set to integrate stock and commodity trading.

Market Infrastructure

China Bourses to Acquire 25pc of Dhaka Stock Exchange

By Manesh Samtani | 09/05/2018

Shanghai, Shenzhen exchanges will assist the DSE with trading technology, market cultivation, and product development as part of the USD111.6 million deal.

Fintech / Regtech

Korea Joins Regional Peers in Adopting AI-based Market Surveillance

By JP Reimann | 08/05/2018

KRX launches new market surveillance system based on artificial intelligence; reduces time to secure data on suspicious transactions from 5 days to 1 hour.

Market Infrastructure

Fintech a Key Enabler for Financial Firms – DTCC

By Manesh Samtani | 07/05/2018

Markets safer and more resilient 10 years post-GFC, but regulatory complexities and rapidly-changing risk landscapes persist as challenges to the industry.

Fintech / Regtech

UPDATED – APRA Grants First ‘Restricted ADI’ License Under New Framework

By JP Reimann | 07/05/2018

Newly released restricted ADI licencing framework allows entities to conduct a limited range of activities for two years before fully meeting regulatory requirements.

Market Infrastructure

China Set to Revive RQDII with New Safeguards

By Garima Chitkara | 07/05/2018

Central bank forbids RQDII investors from exchanging the yuan for foreign currencies in offshore CNY investments.

Market Infrastructure

CCPs Failing on Risk Management, Recovery Planning – IOSCO

By Garima Chitkara | 07/05/2018

Latest report on implementation of IOSCO’s Principles of Financial Market Infrastructures raises concerns about the speed of progress for CCPs putting in place risk management and recovery planning measures.